Neither had slept.

Neither trusted the other anymore.

And upstairs—

the maid was locked inside the guest bedroom under doctor’s orders after collapsing from stress.

Victoria finally broke the silence.

“You slept with her?”

Nathan closed his eyes.

“It was one night.”

“One night?” Victoria laughed bitterly. “With the maid?”

“It happened before we found out you couldn’t have children.”

The words hit like a knife.

Victoria’s face hardened instantly.

“You think this is some miracle?” she hissed. “You think she wins because she got pregnant?”

Nathan turned sharply.

“This isn’t about winning.”

“Then what is it about?”

Before he could answer—

a scream echoed from upstairs.

Nathan ran immediately.

Victoria followed.

They burst into the bedroom to find the maid crying in pain, clutching her stomach.

“The baby…” she sobbed. “Something’s wrong…”

Nathan grabbed his phone with shaking hands.

“Call an ambulance!”

But Victoria stood frozen near the door.

Because for the first time—

she saw something terrifying.

Nathan didn’t look at the maid like an employee anymore.

He looked at her like family.

At the hospital, hours felt endless.

Finally, the doctor entered holding a folder.

Nathan stood immediately.

“Is the baby okay?”

The doctor nodded slowly.

“Yes. But there’s something else.”

Victoria’s stomach tightened.

The doctor opened the folder carefully.

“The DNA results came back.”

Silence swallowed the room.

Nathan looked terrified.

The maid held her breath.

Victoria’s fingers curled tightly around the chair.

The doctor looked directly at Nathan.

“You are the father.”

Victoria’s wine glass slipped from her hand and shattered across the hospital floor.

But nobody moved.

Because the maid suddenly began crying.

Not from sadness.

From relief.

Nathan walked toward her slowly.

And for the first time—

he gently touched her stomach.

Then Victoria whispered the words that changed everything.

“If that baby is yours…”

Her eyes filled with rage.

“…then I’ll destroy both of them.”

Nathan slowly turned toward his wife.

And this time—

he looked afraid of her.